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No. 293,971. Patented Peb. 19, 1884.

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LAUNDRY JACK OR BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 293,971, dated February19, 1884.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern/.-

Beit known that I, FRANCIS LYEoRD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, have invented Certainnew and useful Improvements in Laundry Jacks or Brackets, of which thefollowing is a speciication, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

The object of this invention is to provide a bracket or jack for thesupport ofan ironingboard especially adapted for ironing skirts,shirt-bosoms, andlike articles, and at the same time to adapt thebracket to other usefulness in the household without additional expense,as will more fully appear by reference to this specification and theaccompanying drawings,

in Which- A represents an ordinary kitchen-table. B is the clamp,consisting of two projecting lips, G and D, and the Set-screw E. Thisclamp is penetrated by a vertical hole through which passes a rod, F,held at any convenient point by the set-screw I. Near the top of thisrod is a projecting lip, G, and the extremity of the rod terminates in aslightly-conica1 end adapted to receive the removable bracket H. Thisbracket H consists of a rim of metal open within andprovided with feet,which keep it from direct contact with a table or any object upon whichit may be placed. Its purpose is to serve as a stand for the irons,either on the standard F or on the table, and it also serves as asupport for a tea-pot or other article, when arranged for use with alamp for heating purposes, as shown in Figure 3.

Fig. 1 shows the jack as used in the support of an ironing-board. Theclamp C D E is at-` tached to the side of the table. The ironingboard Iis placed on the rest J, and the lip G is adj usted so as to receive theend of the board and hold it, either in a horizontal position, as

This invention is an improvement on my Patent No. 215,380, of May 13,1879, and embodies changes suggested by my experience in the manufactureand sale of that device.

I am aware of the patents to Grummon, No. 161,026, March 23, 1875,book-supports, and Lyford, No. 215,380, May 13, 1879, ironing-tables,their construction, and arrangement of their various parts, andtherefore do not broadly claim the same; but

What I do claim isi Inalaundry-bracket, the combination of the clamp B,having projecting lips C and D and set-screws E and I, with theadjustable vertical rod F, formed to slide within bracket B, and theperforated bracket H, having projecting feet, and pivoted on the upperend of rod F by means of a recess in its angular end, said bracketforming a support for a sad-iron above the table, or a tea-pot over alamp, substantially as shown and specified.

7 In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

FRANCIS LYFORD.

Witnesses: A

SAMUEL SNOW, GEORGE A. GODDARD.

